We Don't Support 'Intelligent Design'

Updated Feb. 5, 2007 11:59 p.m. ET

In the past, the John Templeton Foundation has given grants to scientists who have gone on to identify themselves as members of the Intelligent Design community. We understand that this could be misconstrued by some to suggest that we implicitly support the Intelligent Design movement, but this wasn't our intention at the time nor is it today ("Doing Good Leads to Doing Well, Just Ask Mom or Watch Monkeys," Informed Reader, Jan. 22).

The foundation doesn't support the political movement known as "Intelligent...